– by extension of E.L. 207, Regents authorized
the Commissioner to promulgate regulations governing the registration
of courses of study

Education Law 210

Regents Authorized Activities

– register domestic and foreign institutions
in terms of New York standards

Education Law 215

Regents Authorized Activities

– visit, examine into, and inspect any institution;
require reports, as often as desired; suspend the charter or
any of the rights and privileges of an institution

Education Law 216

Regents Authorized Activity

– incorporate any university, college…or other
institution or association…for the promotion of…education in
any way

Education Law 237

Regents Responsibility

– master planning for higher education in New
York State

CAUTION expressed
by Court in Moore vs. Board of Regents, 1978:

While upholding the Regents broad policy-making authority
over both public and private higher education in the State,
the Court cautioned that the Regents could not transform
section 207 of the Education Law into an all-encompassing
power permitting the Regents’ intervention in the day-to-day
operation of the institutions of higher education in New
York.